Alys

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alys: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alys: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #426 in 2013, and it stood at #610 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#426highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#519
1997	#585
1998	#486
1999	#590
2000	#527
2001	#584
2002	#643
2003	#569
2004	#736
2005	#824
2006	#717
2007	#899
2008	#817
2009	#689
2010	#643
2011	#594
2012	#663
2013	#426
2014	#503
2015	#585
2016	#447
2017	#541
2018	#497
2019	#475
2020	#486
2021	#449
2022	#562
2023	#528
2024	#610

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2019: #475 among girls in England and Wales, #716 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #519 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #426 among girls in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #610 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alys in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	196	4 of 10	49
2000s	436	10 of 10	44
2010sbusiest	796	10 of 10	80
2020s	387	5 of 10	77

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 80 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births rose by 38, from 62 to 100.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alys appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #426 in England and Wales in 2013.

Alys's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#610	64	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#528	74	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#562	69	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#449	97	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#486	83	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#475	87	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#497	86	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#541	80	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#447	98	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#585	72	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#503	84	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#426	100	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#663	62	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#594	68	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#643	59	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#689	53	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#817	41	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#899	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#717	43	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#824	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#736	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#569	52	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#643	42	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#584	46	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#527	53	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#590	45	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#486	58	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#585	44	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#519	49	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #426, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 100 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Alycia · #1058, 28y
Alyna · #4012, 11y
Alysa · #2487, 19y
Alysha · #248, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aicha · #425, 29y
Dorothea · #425, 31y
Gianluca · #427, 29y
Ravi · #427, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anna-Mae · #426, 17y
Casey-Leigh · #426, 22y
Kyna · #426, 14y
Lily-Ann · #426, 30y

Alys was ranked #426 in England and Wales · Girls in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alys and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alys without appearing here.

Alys moved ahead of

Suzanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #824 and #745 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #717 and #1585.
Gemma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #663 and #580 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #426 and #982.
Aisling Compare
In 2005 they stood at #824 and #657 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #717 and #1004.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #527 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #584 and #871.

Moved ahead of Alys

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #594 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #663 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #594 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #663 and #294.
Ivy Compare
In 2004 they stood at #736 and #758 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #824 and #494.
Olive Compare
In 2006 they stood at #717 and #816 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #899 and #623.

Moved the opposite way to Alys

Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alys went from #426 to #610 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alys went from #426 to #610 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #426 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Alys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Alys at a glance

Alys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Alys moved ahead of

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